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March12th

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What’s In My Cupboard?

Posted in: Epic Feature, Product Reviews

I thought it would be kinda fun to show you what I keep in my bath­room cup­board (i.e. med­i­cine cab­i­net), espe­cially since I’ve been get­ting ques­tions on what I use for my skin­care and so on. I will be doing a few videos and posts on that, since I’ve been try­ing a lot of new things lately to fig­ure out what suits me the best.

My Favorite Products - What's In My Medicine Cabinet

{Bot­tom Shelf}

  1. Aura Cacia Organic Sweet Almond Oil ~ this replaced my jojoba oil when I ran out and I love that it’s very light and moisturizing
  2. Real Purity Facial Masque Dehy­drated ~ I like to use this on my hands and lit­tle dry patches
  3. Mex­i­tan SPF 50 ~ look for this prod­uct in my upcom­ing sun­block video/post!
  4. MyChelle Per­fect C Serum ~ I really like this vit­a­min C serum, it’s gen­tle and def­i­nitely the best I’ve tried
  5. Talu­lah Vanilla Bean Reju­ve­nat­ing Cleanser ~ amaz­ing exfo­li­at­ing scrub, smells awe­some, I have about 3 back-up jars under my counter so I never run out
  6. JASON Pure Vit­a­min E Oil ~ a skin­care sta­ple of mine, I love it and only use this brand since I’ve tried oth­ers and this is the BEST
  7. 100% Pure Organic Aqua Boost Serum ~ I love using this for my lotion masks (for more info on lotion masks, see Chizu Saeki’s book, The Japan­ese Skin­care Rev­o­lu­tion)
  8. Sophyto Purify & Ener­gise Super Bioac­tive ~ this prod­uct is a new favorite of mine and I’ve used it for my lotion masks and I am amazed! Smells like apple juice and works like a charm, I love it and I’m going to make sure I keep back-up stock of it
  9. Trop­i­cal Tra­di­tions Vir­gin Coconut Oil ~ another skin­care sta­ple I will not go with­out, this is the best brand on the mar­ket and you can totally tell the dif­fer­ence from other coco oils

{Mid­dle Shelves}

  1. Alima Pure Satin Matte Foun­da­tion in Neu­tral 0 & Neu­tral 1 ~ min­eral pow­der is too dry for my skin, so I just use them under my eyes since the col­ors match perfectly!
  2. Alima Pure But­ter­cup color bal­anc­ing pow­der ~ min­eral pow­ders are too try for me, so I use this under my eyes and it neu­tral­izes the blood ves­sel blue/purple color
  3. Band-aids ~ not sure why they’re there actually
  4. My retainer that I never wear :P
  5. Sam­ple pack­ets of mois­tur­iz­ers (I still haven’t found The One!)
  6. Floss ~ nom nom nom!
  7. Clar­isonic brush heads in Sen­si­tive, Del­i­cate, and Body ~ I use the Del­i­cate (blue) and Body (grey)

{Top Shelves}

  1. Dr. Hauschka Body Silk ~ absorbs oil and sweat wher­ever you need it, and it’s great for use in the hair
  2. Jurlique Rose Silk Dust ~ smells great, same com­ment as Dr. Hausckha
  3. Real Purity Misty Facial Spray ~ oh this is so refresh­ing, and brings a nice rush of mois­ture back into your skin
  4. Moun­tain Rose Herbs Rose Hydrosol ~ smells just like roses, very calm­ing and refresh­ing, I spritz it on right before I apply moisturizer
  5. Real Purity Night Revi­tal­izer ~ I like the smell of this cream and it works very well on dry patches
  6. My con­tact lens case
  7. Coun­try Com­fort Herbal Savvy Com­frey & Aloe Vera ~ I use this on any dry patches on my body, it works wonders
  8. Talu­lah Pure Bal­ance Deodor­ant ~ you can’t really spray this right on oth­er­wise you could get it in your eye and it will sting, so I spray it on a cot­ton ball first, smells weird and I’m kind of unsure about this one
  9. Derma-Rx Blem­ish Spot ~ excel­lent for get­ting rid of a pim­ple overnight, or bring­ing a cys­tic pim­ple to a head
  10. Desert Essence Tea Tree Oil ~ great for pre­vent­ing and treat­ing white­heads and black­heads, strong smell but my fam­ily has used tea tree oil for every­thing, so I grew up using this amaz­ing product

And some things I keep on the counter, not in my cabinet:

  1. Sophyto Deep Pore Foam­ing Cleanser & Glo Puri­fy­ing Gel Cleanser ~ I use these two for now (they’re gen­tle and great for pre­vent­ing blem­ishes), but I’m look­ing for some­thing more hydrating
  2. Home Health Cas­tor Oil ~ I love this for keep­ing my eye­lashes long and thick, and treat­ing dry/chapped lips
  3. Dr. Alkaitis Organic Day Creme ~ I’ve been using this for almost a week now and so far so good, my only qualms are that it smells like drug­store sun­screen and it’s crazy expensive
  4. Dr. Alkaitis Organic Eye Creme ~ love this so far, it does an amaz­ing job of hydrat­ing the eye area and my 100% Pure Fruit Pig­mented Con­cealer (color: Creme) goes on per­fectly on top of it, totally worth the price
  5. Clar­isonic Skin Care Brush ~ my brother and I use this nightly and both of us are addicted to it since it’s keep­ing his skin clear and keep­ing my skin from get­ting dry patches

I hope every­one is doing great! Always feel free to leave me a com­ment or email me (I def­i­nitely will respond, even though it might take me a few days).

~Stephanie
xx

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11 Comments

  • Comment by Paula — March 13, 2010 @ 5:20 pm

    Thanks for shar­ing with us what you are cur­rently using!

  • Comment by teddynia — March 14, 2010 @ 6:23 am

    hey steph

    i sug­gest mak­ing a post on WHAT to do after mess­ing up with the wrong prod­uct for your face.

  • Comment by Tonia — March 15, 2010 @ 5:06 pm

    Great post! So help­ful. I totally need to purge my med­i­cine cab of all the old and use­less prod­ucts in there! I tried your pure coconut oil sug­ges­tion (replaced cream mois­tur­izer with it) and i LOVE it!

    I haven’t bro­ken out once since I started using your meth­ods and prod­uct sug­ges­tions, and that is a huge deal for me!! :) I know it will hap­pen sooner or later, though, so I am try­ing to find the Derma Rx Blem­ish spot stuff, but can’t find any­where to buy it online. Do you know where?

  • Comment by Anora — March 17, 2010 @ 2:57 am

    Thank you for the post! I got the vit­a­min E oil too and love it.

  • Comment by teddynia — March 18, 2010 @ 6:55 am

    badly need advice for prod­uct irri­ta­tion treat­ment !
    Hope to see your advice soon

    Nia

  • Comment by epicbeautyguide — March 18, 2010 @ 1:45 pm

    Hi Nia, it’s hard to say since I don’t know what product(s) you used and how your face reacted (pim­ples, red­ness, rash, etc.)…let me know some details and I’ll see if I can help out. :)

    ~Steph
    xx

  • Comment by teddynia — March 19, 2010 @ 7:56 am

    well the case is that i went to the hair salon and asked for a face wash also. because the cleanser they used here is like .5$ so i asked to wash by lemon instead.

    And it turn out that my face burns and .….… red full with red spots which look like zits and stuff. It is now too dry and peeling.

    AWww

  • Comment by epicbeautyguide — March 19, 2010 @ 12:39 pm

    Okay then, I would leave your face alone as much as pos­si­ble — don’t exfo­li­ate, don’t use a yogurt or milk mask, don’t wash with any­thing that con­tains acids (sal­i­cylic acid, for instance). For now, try a sooth­ing oat­meal mask: make a paste from oat­meal, honey, and a lit­tle water (if needed). You can also try an oat­meal wash­cloth soak: add organic oats to water and let them soak for 5 min­utes, strain out the oats (keep the water), then soak your clean wash­cloth in the oat water and apply the cloth to your face for 10 min­utes. You can rinse off the oat water or not, it’s up to you. While your skin is still damp, mois­tur­ize with a preservative-free, fragrance-free mois­tur­izer. Sim­ple coconut oil or shea but­ter will also work won­ders as a mois­tur­izer. You can mois­tur­ize through­out the day if needed.

    You also want to eat a lot of leafy greens, fish, and fruit right now to help heal your skin faster. Eat steamed broc­coli, spinach, kale, etc. with your meals. Drink a lot of water. No sugar, bread, cakes, muffins, etc. since they will slow down your heal­ing and bring a fur­ther bur­den to your skin.

    If you can, pur­chase a good food-based sup­ple­ment (non-synthetic) that con­tains Vit­a­mins A, C, D, and E which will help your skin heal.

    Let me know how you’re doing!

    ~Steph xx

  • Comment by Audrey — March 19, 2010 @ 2:44 pm

    Hi Stephanie. I enjoy read­ing your blog and have learned about so many organic alter­na­tives to tar­get spe­cific con­cerns. I do have a ques­tion regard­ing the dosage and ingre­di­ents of the Jason Nat­ural Cos­met­ics Pure Vit­a­min E Oil though. 32,000 I.U. is above the rec­om­mended dosage and seems rather high as vit­a­min E is a fat-soluble antiox­i­dant that accu­mu­lates in the body (not “flushed out” in the urine like water-soluble vit­a­min C). This Amazon.com review of the prod­uct also had me a bit worried.

    Thank you for tak­ing the time to read this, Stephanie. I look for­ward to read­ing your opin­ions. :)

  • Comment by epicbeautyguide — March 19, 2010 @ 6:04 pm

    Hi Audrey! Thank you for the com­ment, and thank you for bring­ing the vit­a­min E oil to my atten­tion. Jason’s vit­a­min E oil con­tains toco­pheryl acetate, which does not spec­ify if it’s “d” (nat­ural) or “dl” (syn­thetic), and since they say it’s nat­ural ingre­di­ents, then it would have to be d-tocopheryl acetate, oth­er­wise that could mean seri­ous legal impli­ca­tions for them. I have con­tacted the com­pany and will see what they say about this oil, because I’ve been using it for sev­eral years now and would be pretty ticked if it turned out to be syn­thetic. I pre­fer to use toco­pheryl acetate since it’s more sta­ble and you wouldn’t be putting a use­less, expired prod­uct on your skin. This form of vit­a­min E is also slowly absorbed and uti­lized by the skin, so you will not be get­ting the 32,000 IU, sim­i­lar to how your body will not absorb all the vit­a­mins you give it when you take a mul­ti­vi­t­a­min tablet. So far there are no tox­i­c­ity reports on vit­a­min E. It’s also very good that vit­a­min E is fat sol­u­ble, since it can effect and repair the inter­nal mech­a­nisms of the cell, mak­ing it a very effec­tive antiox­i­dant (plus, we use up antiox­i­dants like crazy, so more is bet­ter — unless you live in some remote for­est with not too much expo­sure to sun­light and the per­fect nutrient-rich diet).

    I will let you know what Jason says, and if I can find a bet­ter, pure vit­a­min E liq­uid, I will switch and let every­one know what it is.

    ~Steph xx

  • Comment by Audrey — March 29, 2010 @ 3:26 pm

    Thanks for the reply, Stephanie. It seems the same per­son has writ­ten another review of Jason’s Pure Vit­a­min E Oil here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2DMMQACYXAU57/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R2DMMQACYXAU57. Hope to hear the company’s response soon. In the mean­time, I don’t know what to do with the bot­tle I’ve just bought, lol.

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